Sagetech Gets DOD OK for Small Drone ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Tech
The Department of Defense has certified a Sagetech Avionics technology that works to help warfighters distinguish between friendly or enemy drones.
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Viasat Tests BLOS Satcom Connectivity With Army Rotary-Wing Helicopter
Viasat has demonstrated connectivity between a U.S. Army-operated UH-60M helicopter and the company's beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications. The company said Monday its technology delivered command and control and situational awareness from a simulated tactical operations center to the helicopter and dismounted troops.
BAE Adds New AI Offerings to AWS Marketplace; Peder Jungck, Dave Levy Quoted
BAE Systems has launched a suite of artificial intelligence tools on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace for GovCloud (US) to support the analysis of imagery, signals and data, and to enable rapid hosting of BAE-made additional capabilities.
Isotropic Systems Raises Funds to Advance Multibeam Antenna Development
Isotropic Systems has raised over $40 million in a round of funding led by telecommunications company SES and will use the capital to further develop its multibeam antenna. Boeing’s HorizonX Global Ventures, Firmament Ventures, Space Angels, Promus Ventures’ Orbital Ventures fund and the U.K. government’s Future Fund participated in the funding round.
MetTel’s Robert Dapkiewicz: Government Agencies Should Modernize Their Networks With SD-WAN
Robert Dapkiewicz, senior vice president and general manager of MetTel’s federal program, wrote in a commentary published Monday on Federal News Network that the COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered bandwidth gaps, highlighting the need for government agencies to modernize their enterprise voice and data network infrastructure with the adoption of software-defined wide-area network.
SAP NS2 CEO Mark Testoni Named to 2021 Wash100 for His Public-Private Tech Collaboration Push in Cybersecurity Landscape
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100 for advocating government and industry partnerships to help organizations protect infrastructure with the use of commercial technology. This represents the sixth Wash100 selection for Mark Testoni.
FEMA Releases RFI for Robotic Process Automation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to identify market sources of robotic process automation technologies that would reduce manual labor and steamline processes within FEMA's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. FEMA said Wednesday in a SAM notice it seeks information on commercial RPA software, implementation requirements and associated program management work for a potential automation effort.
Microsoft Unveils COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Tracking Platform
Microsoft has collaborated with Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, to create a tool for tracking the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world and progress in vaccination efforts throughout the U.S.
D-Fend Expands Customer Base for Flagship Counter-Drone Product; Zohar Halachmi Quoted
D-Fend Solutions added new clients and tripled base capacity for its counter-small unmanned aircraft system platform during 2020.
NASA Teams Up With GE, Honeywell on Aircraft Power Efficiency Project
General Electric and Honeywell will help NASA develop turbofan engine technologies as part of a research project to potentially increase the energy efficiency of core power systems for commercial transport and hybrid-electric aircraft. NASA said Friday it entered into separate agreements with the two companies to explore power extraction approaches for the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core initiative.
Northrop Taps Leonardo to Provide HF Radio Systems for Navy’s E-2D Aircraft
Northrop Grumman intends to equip the U.S. Navy's fleet of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft with a new Leonardo-made high-frequency radio designed for protected voice and data communications and stable information transfer.
Microsoft Partners With 11 Companies to Help Secure Microelectronics Supply Chain
Microsoft has teamed up with 11 companies to develop a technology platform that could help ensure the security of microelectronics design and manufacturing using the Azure cloud service.